I never yet have heard of a good man having fallen when he was trying to do Christs will and trusting on Christs help. Every fall without one exception came from venturing upon sinful ground or from venturing upon self-support.

When we read or hear how some professed Christian has turned defaulter, or lapsed into drunkenness, or slipped from the communion table into open disgrace, it simply means that a human arm has broken. The man has forsaken the everlasting arms.

The Master will not keep His hand under our arms when we go on forbidden ground. Presumptuous Peter needed a sharp lesson, and he got it. That bitter cry at the foot of the stairs bespoke an awful fall. How many such are rising daily into Gods listening ears.